Il Fornaio Sacramento

First time there, celebrated a friend's birthday. Food was good, could have been a little hotter on the temp, beautiful venue, service was good. Will definitely give it another try.

On 10/04, I came in person to view options for my wedding dinner party of 7. I met with events coordinator, Beverly Chipman and she personally showed me options. We agreed to garden room, table set up with cloth, closed off entry to other side. Fast forward, I call and agree, Card is ran, we book, and are set to go. Red flags I should have taken into consideration was her lack to follow through, not once but twice to send the email she talked on the phone about that would detail the reservation. I call her 2 days (10/19) before wedding to confirm menu options, decided on open menu due to small party. She reassured me everything was set to go. To our disappointment, when we all arrived day of the wedding 10/21, the staff had no clue of our reservation, in fact, the room we supposedly booked was not EVEN SET UP as they tried to seat us at a regular dining table. The host was very accommodating and reassured us that she would correct the mistake and Beverly’s lack of communication. They quickly set up the room after I showed her which one we had agreed to. Our waitress was incredibly nice, We had a pleasant evening as the manager became involved and service was overall very pleasant after we were seated. I do recommend the restaurant for dining. I do also recommend for management involvement in all communication as clearly their event coordinator is incompetent with her role or duties so this does not happen to your party the day of. If your here for a smaller party for dinner, food is delicious. Drinks are great, would recommend for a night out or date night. Update: Manager Walter has reached out 12/05. We discussed issues and also he mentioned that Beverly’s excuse was that she mixed up the time with the amount of people (again this employee not taking accountability). I explained to Walter that she had used that excuse on me when the Open Table app had sent me a reservation and she had out party of 4 at 7pm. That this discussion was made and corrected before the event and I have the open table reservation change on text to reflect that, also want to remind that we had also discussed wedding being at 12 and that we wanted to go right after to dinner at 4pm, that 7pm would have never made sense knowing the situation. Regardless, it’s now in the past, it worked out but just something to consider when running this location as an option for parties. Walter offered a gift card to be sent for the inconvenience. As a night out, I do plan to continue to come here on a regular basis.

Service was great, the food was sparce, salmon over cooked, dry. I know they were extra busy so maybe thats why. But I always love the decor and atmosphere!

This was a delicious restaurant. We ordered the bolognese, the margherita pizza, the mare chiaro pasta and bruschetta for appetizer. The pastas were great, the pizza was a bit underwhelming but overall great experience.

Celebrated our office holiday party last night! One of the busiest nights in the downtown area all year. The service was second to none! Fancy cocktails were on point and the food wow! Staff outdid themselves last night!! Always one of my favorite restaurants and last night was magical!